First Prize winner in the age category of 16–18-year-old youth is Gabe Putt, 17, (Left) for his photo of a Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron, (see below) taken at Kiwanis Lake, Acadia National Park, Maine on June 14, 2023. He used a Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80 camera  to take his photo.

First Prize winner in the age category of 5–15-year-old youth is Nick Putt, 14, (right) for his photo of a Song Sparrow ( See below) taken while on vacation in Maine June 7, 2023 at the Pretty Marsh, Acadia National Park. He used a Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80 camera to take his photo.

They are the sons of Terry and Marina Putt , Chambersburg. They were awarded the first prize amounts of $50 at our regular CAS Monday meeting, November 13, 2023.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Juvenile by Gabe Putt

Song Sparrow  by Gabe Putt